ANTIQUE – The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) recommended placing Antique under a state of calamity due to typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon rains, or habagat.
The province lost P51 million in infrastructure, P106.1 million in agriculture, P21.3 million in aquaculture, and P4.29 million in livestock and poultry, PDRRMC data as of Sept. 6 showed.
Placing Antique in a state of calamity meant the PDRRMC could utilize P10 million from its quick response fund (QRF) to address the immediate needs of the victims.
“The disaster council has agreed to meet and recommend to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to declare the entire province of Antique under a state of calamity to be able to get from the QRF so that we can address the remaining casualties and victims of Typhoon Goring,” said Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao, PDRRMC chairperson.
Cadiao added they would prioritize procuring building materials and food packs and giving financial assistance to families who lost their homes.
Initial help, like food packs, was given to evacuees in Tobias Fornier, Hamtic, and Patnongon towns during the onslaught of Typhoon “Goring.”
As of the Sept. 6 data, 92 homes were reported to be totally damaged, while 459 more were partially damaged.
Thirty-one barangays, with 79,116 people, were affected by the typhoon.
Three towns in the province are already under a state of calamity: Sibalom, San Remigio, and Hamtic. (With a report from PIO LAVEGA/Province of Antique)/PN
